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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | The yellowish stuff is either cadmium plating or hard chrome. Both are yellow. Hard chrome is very expensive. Normal "chrome" is actually nickel with a very thin layer of chrome over it to keep it from oxidizing. Elemental or hexavalent chrome is yellow, so if you plate it on thick it protects better but is yellow.
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